Israel Year Book on Human Rights: V. 24. 1994

This yearbook - an annual published under the auspices of the Faculty of Law of Tel Aviv University since 1971 - is devoted to publishing studies by scholars in Israel and other countries on human rights in peace and war, with particular emphasis on problems relevant to the State of Israel and the Jewish people. The yearbook also incorporates documentary materials, relating to Israel and the Administered Areas, which are not otherwise available in English (including summaries of judicial decisions, compilations of legislative enactments and military proclamations). The 1994 yearbook contains papers presented at the International Legal Colloquium on War Crimes held in Tel Aviv in December 1993.

Contents:

Part 1 War Crimes: Offences and Responsibility - The Distinctions between War Crimes and Crimes against Peace; Y. Dinstein. Crimes under the I.L.C.

1991 Draft Code; L.C. Green. Crimes against the Peace and Security of Mankind and the Recalcitrant Third State; C. Tomuschat. War Crimes and State Responsibility; S. Rosenne. Ethnic Cleansing; N. Lerner. Violations of Human Rights in Times of War as War Crimes; H.S. Levie.

Part 2 War Crimes and Punishment: The Establishment of an International Criminal Court; B. Broms. A Review and Critique of the Statute of the International Tribunal; J.J. Shestack. The Normative Impact on International Law of the International Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia; T. Meron. The Decentralized Prosecution of International Offences through National Courts; R. Wolfrum. ""Defences"" in War Crime Trials; A. Eser.

Part 3 War Crimes in Special Situations: Some Issues Relating to War Crimes in Air and Sea Warfare; E. Roucounas. War Crimes in Non-International Armed Conflicts; M. Bothe. Treatment of War Crimes in Peace Settlements - Prosecution or Amnesty? F. Domb.

Part 6 Supplement: Statute of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia.

Part 7 Book Review: Terrorism in War - The Law of War Crimes by Howard S. Levie; Y. Dinstein.